[lbo-talk] The Rapture Index & "white trash"

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Feb 24 12:13:32 PST 2005


Marta Russell wrote:


>>Incidentally -- the sociology of the subject line must be all wrong.
>>Probably more believers in the Rapture fit the stereotype "yuppie" than
>>the stereotype "white trash"?????
>>
>>Carrol
>>
>
>That is not my experience. the yuppies go to protestant churches,
>like Methodist, Episcopalian, etc., they are not Pentacostal or
>evangelicals.
>Marta

But the working class can't hold bad views - only "yuppies" and higher can. But of course Carrol doesn't want us to examine motives for holding a position, so I shouldn't have said that.

Doug



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